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Although this is not surprising at all (because Modi is a mass murderer), what took everyone by surprise is the fact that the govt planted evidence in multiple activists' devices and arrested them under a draconian act called UAPA. So many political prisoners are currently in prison without any trial for years

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In case some of the community members are not fully aware of the background of the comment about mass murder: Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat when there were religious riots in 2002 [1]. Of course, him being a Hindu nationalist it's pretty obvious that many Muslims were persecuted/killed. Since then he's tried to clean his image internationally while systematically taking the world's largest democracy's democratic values to the brink. The Bush administration had denied him a diplomatic visa in 2005 [2] for his role in the riots. Finally, the UAPA [3] act that was referred to the parent post is a way to imprison activitsts/journalists/political opponents etc. A strategy long developed and honed by all sorts of autocrats.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_riots

[2]: https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/sca/rls/rm/2005/43701.htm

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Activities_(Preventio...

He's tried to clean his image internationally to some extent, but it's obvious in India -- and to anyone who looks into the "riots" -- that he was behind a lot of it. Committing genocide is a big reason for why he was supported and got elected.

The US backed Pakistan while it carried out the genocide of between 2.4-3 million hindus in Bangladesh in 1971.

US administration's morality only exists to further it's political goals. Especially when it is not Europe.

@naruvimama And mass rape of women and girls in 1971 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_Bangladesh_Lib... and numerous ongoing Islamic atrocities / forced conversations across the country. All conveniently forgotten.

> The US backed Pakistan while it carried out the genocide of between 2.4-3 million hindus in Bangladesh in 1971.

The Western media only spews morality / secularism to portray themselves as morally superior (and especially when don't have anything to lose from their stance)

The malware could have been planted by a foreign spying agency which won’t be the first time such a thing has happened. The wording of the title makes you assume an adversary just because the title lists them first.

That foreign adversary would have had great timing then.

> The selection of Indian numbers largely commenced around the time of Modi’s 2017 trip to Israel, the first visit to the country by an Indian prime minister and a marker of the burgeoning relationship between the two states, including billions of dollars in deals between Delhi and Israeli defence industries.

Modi and the then Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, were pictured during the trip walking barefoot together on a beach. Days before, Indian targets had started being selected.

The general principle to follow in these cases is to find out who benefits. You will be correct most of the time than not.

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